Leonard Cohen, Bird On A Wire (1968)
^{Key: :[A] (w: Leonard Cohen)}

INTRO: [A] [E] [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [E]

VERSE 1:
Like a [A] bird on a [E] wire
Like a [A] drunk in a midnight [D] choir
I have [A] tried in my [E] ways to be [A] free [E]

VERSE 2:
Like a [A] fish, on a [E] hook
Like a [A] knight in some old fashioned [D] book
I have [A] saved all my [E] ribbons for [A] thee [A7]

CHORUS 1:
[D] And if I, if I have been un-[A]-kind
I just [Bm] hope you, will let it go [A] by
[D] And if I, if I have been un-[A]-true
I just [Bm] hope you know, it was never to [E] you

VERSE 3:
Like a [A] baby, still [E] born
Like a [A] beast with his [D] horn
I have [A] torn every-[E]-one who reached out to [A] me [E]

VERSE 4:
But I [A] swear, by this [E] song
And by [A] all that I have done [D] wrong
[A] I'll make it [E] all up to [A] thee [A7]

CHORUS 2:
[D] I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden [A] crutch
He called [Bm] out to me, don't ask for so [A] much
[D] And a young woman, leaning in her darkened [A] door
She cried [Bm] out to me, hey why not ask for [E] more

VERSE 5:
Like a [A] bird on a [E] wire
Like a [A] drunk in a midnight [D] choir
I have [A] tried in my [E] ways to be [D] free [A]